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GEORGE P. BAILEY, OF ROCHESTER, NE\V YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 351,149, dated October19, 1886.

Application filed July 8, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. BAILEY, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in StenciLFrames; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andto the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to that class of stencils in which movable lettersare used in connection with a frame or holder; and it consists, first,in a novel construction of the individual letter-plates, and, secondly,in the combination of such letter-plates with a frame or holder adaptedespecially to receive them, all as will be hereinafter fully described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figurel represents a top planview of a stencil constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 isa sectional view taken on the line 00 00, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a view takenon the line 3 3 Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a perspective view of one of the lettersdetached; Figs. 5 and 6,views showing different ways of holding theletters that are not in use; Figs. 7 and S, cross-sectional views takenon the lines 2 z and w w of Figs. 5 and 6 respectively.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures indicate the sameparts.

The letter A indicates the frame or holder, and B the individualletter-plates employed in my improved stencil. The frame A consists,preferably, of a rectangular plate of spring brass or steel, having arectangular opening, 0, extending longitudinally of it, as shown. Eachof the letter-plates consists of a piece of thin metal having stamped orcut from it a letter or character, and having its ends turned backward,so as to form ears b, which stand slightly off from the body, as shownin Figs. 3 and 4, and serve, first, as a means for maintaining aconnection with the frame or holder A when the plates are slid upon thelatter, and, secondly, as a means for preventing contact between theinked face of one plate and the uninked back of the adjoining plate whentwo or more plates are assembled in racks or brackets, such as shown inFigs.

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5 and 7, and Figs, 6 and 8, respectively, The ears I) are formed uponthese letterplates with great accuracy, and preferably by machinery, andthe frame or holder with which they co operate is also accuratelyformed, so that when the plates are slipped upon the frame and assembledthe proximate edges of said plates will abut closely together withoutoverlapping in the slightest, while both their fronts and backs willpresent smooth and unbroken surfaces, the latter resting directly andclosely upon the surface to be marked, and the former offering noobstruction to the inking-brush as it is swept from end to end of theframe in the practical use of the device.

Upon one end of the frame or holder is permanently securcdastopconsisting, preferably, of a band, E, the function of which is toprevent the plates being slipped entirely off the frame, while at theopposite end of the frame a follower, G, is adapted to be applied, itsfunction being to prevent lateral motion of the plates after they havebeen properly assembled.

'A handle, H,-such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is preferably applied tothe frame for convenience in manipulating the stencil.

The letter-plates when not in use upon the frame are preferable hungupon the pins P of a rack, R, such as shown in Figs. 5 and 7, ordeposited in the compartments K of a receptacle, S, as shown in Figs. (3and 8; but whether arranged in either of these ways, or in any othermanner involving their superposition, contact between the proximatefaces and backs of adjacent plates is prevented by the flanges b, asbefore explained.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. Theherein-described letter-plate for a stencil having a character cut orformed therein, and having its opposite ends bent backward so as to formraised flanges on One side of the plate, as and for the purpose setforth.

2. In a stencil, the combination, with the frame or holder, consistingof a rectangular IOL bination of the rectangular frame having aletter-plates, of araek or holder, substantially longitudinal openingand the permanentstop as described, for keeping said plates assorted atone end, 'of the letter-plates having their and in order when not inuse, as set forth. ends turned back so as to form flanges and the GEORGEP. BAILEY.

5 follower for maintaining the assembled letterplates in position, asset forth.

4. In a stencil, the combination, with the WVitnesses:

JAMES SONNERVILLE, J OHN WALTON.

